What is Happening with Critical Race Theory in Education?
When Gloria Ladson-Billings set out in the 1990s to adapt critical race theory from law to education, she couldn’t have predicted that it would become the focus of heated school debates today.In recen...
23 Feb 202224min
How Remote Learning Negatively Affected Children and Why it Matters
Before the pandemic hit, Harvard Professor Stephanie Jones and Lecturer Emily Hanno were already tracking young children's development as part of the Early Learning Study at Harvard. As the pandemic b...
16 Feb 202221min
How to Be a Social Justice Parent and Raise Compassionate Kids
Many parents want to raise kind and compassionate children, but in today's world it can be difficult to figure out how. Traci Baxley, an associate professor at Florida Atlantic University, is a mother...
15 Des 202119min
Why Have College Completion Rates Increased
What is driving an increase in college completion rates? It's not student characteristics or higher student enrollments, says Jeff Denning, an associate professor at Brigham Young University. Denning,...
8 Des 202110min
Getting Back to Education in Developing Countries
COVID has challenged many education systems worldwide. This is especially true for developing countries that faced significant learning issues prior to COVID. How far did COVID set these education sys...
1 Des 202120min
Giving Thanks in the Classroom
Math class doesn't seem the likely place to practice gratitude, but Michael Fauteux discovered that it had the power to change it. While teaching a 9th grade math class, Fauteux begin implementing mom...
24 Nov 202120min
Embracing the Whole Student, Being Ratchetdemic
Christopher Emdin wants schools to embraces a whole student's identity. For far too long, public education has been stuck where it was not designed for all students, especially students of color, he s...
17 Nov 202126min
How Climate Change is Taught in America
What are children learning about climate change in American schools? That question set award winning journalist Katie Worth to uncover how climate change education is being taught. As part of her rese...
10 Nov 202123min
